Open Day for Young People at MAAT and São Luiz

How do we inhabit spaces? How does the body shape the way we see, feel and participate? What does it mean to make art, the city and culture more accessible to different bodies, experiences and ways of being?

Whether you have a background in arts, science, technology, sport, architecture or gaming, or are simply curious to see the world from new perspectives, this Open Day is for you.

The MAAT Youth Collective Open Day, organised in partnership with Teatro São Luiz, invites you to explore accessibility as a space for creation, encounter and experimentation. Throughout the day, we will bring together contemporary art, performance and critical thinking to reflect on the bodies that inhabit cultural spaces, the gestures that bring communities together or drive them apart, and the different ways in which people participate.

Throughout the day, you will have the opportunity to:

• Find out about the new season of the MAAT Youth Collective and its programme (the museum’s Youth Collective is an active participation programme where young people, the museum, artists and the city come together to reflect on and create culture).
• Explore behind the scenes at MAAT and the São Luiz Theatre; 
• Take part in artistic and performative experiences; 
• Experience activities that challenge the relationship between the body, movement and space; 
• Talk to artists, researchers and other young people about inclusion, participation and collective creation; 
• Find out how you can be part of a community that believes culture is built by everyone. 

This is an invitation to reflect on the body, the places we occupy and those we can still transform. Because accessibility is not just a question of access: it is a way of imagining new ways of being, creating and belonging. Will you join us? Register now.

Conception: MAAT and Teatro São Luiz

Usefull information

Date: 25 September (World Dream Day)

Time: 10.30–20.00

Location: MAAT Central and Teatro São Luiz

Audience: Young people aged 15 to 23

Language: Portuguese

Capacity: Min. 10, Max. 30 participants

Registration deadline: 23 September

Price: Free. Register here.

Programme

10.30–13.00 | MAAT Central

10.30 | Welcome at MAAT Central (Belém)

10.45 | Praga in the museum: guided tour-performance in the exhibition Turn around. A look at the EDP Foundation Art Collection

11.45 | Short break

12.00 | Speed Staff Talks: Behind the Scenes at MAAT

13.00 | Free lunch on the go

15.00–20.00 | Teatro São Luiz

15.00 | Welcome at Teatro São Luiz (Chiado)

15.15 | Backstage tour of Teatro São Luiz

16.00 | Break

16.30 | Open rehearsal of Caminho do Céu by Rita Cabaço

17.00 | Speed Staff Talks: The People Behind São Luiz in the Bernardo Sassetti Auditorium

20.00 | Optional programme: an opportunity to end the day by attending a performance of O PAI (The Father) by August Strindberg, directed by Gonçalo Waddington.

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